Paul Shane was an English actor and comedian.
In his early career, he became an entertainer in pubs and clubs across South Yorkshire until he was offered TV work in the early 1970s.
Shane shot to fame with the BBC hit Hi-de-Hi! in 1980, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
The series, which ran until 1988, won huge audiences and a BAFTA for best comedy series in 1984.
Paul previously worked as a miner, but was involved in an accident aged 27 and was pensioned off.
Shane also worked on the 1990s BBC sitcom Oh Doctor Beeching!, as well as Emmerdale, Common as Muck, Doctors and Holby City.
In 2008, he gave his last TV acting performance as ‘Deisel Bob’ in A Touch of Frost.
Paul Shane Cause Of Death
In May 2009, Shane was admitted to the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield for heart surgery and made a full recovery.
Following a short illness, the British sitcom star died on May 16, 2013, at a hospice in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, at age 72.
He leaves behind his three daughters and six grandchildren. His wife died in 2001.